I hit the final turn and the frame juddered; my pod drifted off-line. The win evaporated in a blink. I opened the graphics menu and started stripping settings until the race felt whole again.
I test games on real hardware so you don’t have to. You and I both want one thing: smooth pods, no surprises. Below I lay out the settings that nail steady frames and minimal stutter for Star Wars: Galactic Racer—aimed at systems closer to the minimum requirements.
- 32 GB DDR4 RAM
- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- AMD Radeon 9060 XT 16 GB
My screen hiccuped mid-race — Best Star Wars: Galactic Racer graphics settings
Short list first: keep the game running steady at 60 FPS and trade a little visual fidelity for a lot of consistency. When a race is decided by tenths of a second, smooth frames beat eye candy.
What are the best settings for Star Wars: Galactic Racer?
- Display Mode: Personal preference
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Display Resolution: Match your monitor’s native resolution
- Target Framerate: 60 FPS — this game benefits more from consistency than ultra-high FPS
- VSync: Off unless you see tearing or input lag
- Motion Blur: Off
- Camera Shake: Off
- HUD Visibility: On
- Preset: Custom
- Anti-Aliasing Quality: Medium
- Foliage Quality: Low
- Global Illumination Quality: Low
- Landscape Quality: Low
- Post Process Quality: Medium
- Reflection Quality: Low
- Shader Quality: Medium
- Shadow Quality: Low
- Visual Effects Quality: Medium
- Texture Quality: Low
- View Distance Quality: Medium
- Full Screen Effects: Off
- Upscaler: Enabled (use Performance scaling)
- Scaling: Performance
- Frame Generation: Off
If your GPU is a Radeon 9060 XT or similar, these settings favor steady FPS while keeping visuals acceptable. When the game stutters at a corner, a run became a dropped baton.
I noticed stutters at cutscenes — How to stop stuttering and keep high FPS
How do I stop stuttering in Star Wars: Galactic Racer?
Stutter often comes from CPU/GPU hitching, I/O spikes, or driver oddities. Try this checklist in order:
- Update drivers via AMD Adrenalin or NVIDIA GeForce Experience.
- Use the game’s Upscaler (AMD FSR or vendor equivalent) instead of native resolution scaling; it buys frame headroom without wrecking clarity.
- Keep Target Framerate at 60 FPS. If you have a high-refresh monitor and a powerful GPU, you can experiment with 90+ FPS, but gains are marginal for racing feel.
- Turn off Frame Generation if it causes micro-stutter on your hardware.
- Lower Texture Quality and Shadow Quality if VRAM or GPU cycles are tight; shaders and post-process effects are cheaper to trim than view distance for perceived speed.
- Close background apps that tax storage or CPU—Discord overlays, browser tabs, capture software.
- If you see cutscene stutter consistently, capture logs and check forums (Steam community and developer threads often list hotfixes).
On my Ryzen 7 5700X rig the combination above flattened out most hiccups; frames should be a velvet ribbon through the scene.
I swapped to a high-end GPU for testing — Settings for powerful PCs and extras
If you’re running a beefy GPU and plenty of RAM, you can push presets higher. High or Ultra will look better and still be playable on modern Radeon and GeForce cards, but keep an eye on the known cutscene stutter bug—expect a patch from the developers.
- Set most quality sliders to High if you have 12GB+ VRAM and a recent GPU.
- Enable vendor upscalers carefully: NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR work well; try Performance or Balanced scaling depending on your monitor resolution.
- Enable Motion Blur only if you prefer cinematic feel; it can mask small frame dips but may cost input clarity.
- Use in-GPU frame pacing tools (Radeon Chill, Radeon Boost, or NVIDIA’s frame-rate controls) to smooth spikes when necessary.
Small hardware notes: keep drivers current, check Steam for recent community fixes, and use GeForce Experience or AMD Adrenalin to profile settings quickly. There are reports of cutscene stuttering at start/end; the developer should address that in a future patch, so keep an eye on release notes.
Ready to trade a few visual bells for a clean race line and fewer surprises on the final lap?